Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-28
HOW THE CORONET WON.
Over $50 Miles q Day Through
Terribly Tempestuous Seas - Wei.
coming the Winner at COrk-The
DauntleSs Expected Today.

Making Over go Miles q Day Through
Terribly TempestuOus Seas - Wei.
coming the Winner At COrk-The
Dauntless Expected Today.
The yacht Coroner won the ocean race, passing
the winning point, at Queenstown, at 12:4I pm,
Sunday. The wind was blowing hard and the
Coronet entered Cork harbor in spanking style,
with all sail set and hugging the western shore.
From the start to the finish the Coronet expert
enced strong gales. with tremendous seas. On
Tuesday and Wednesday last she hove to for sew
eral hours each day, and made only ninety miles
In the forty-eight hours. Her average run during
the passage varied from two hundred and thirty to
two hundred and fifty miles day. The apparent
time occupied In passage is IA days. % hours, "a
minutes, 46 seconds, and the actual time COM
puted on the Greenwich basis IA days, 19 hours,
minutes IA seconds. The whole number OF nauti-
cal miles sailed IS 2,949. The longest day
run Is 29l.5 miles. made on Saturday, March 70,
and the shortest 1873 miles, made on Tuesday,
March %. The weather was uncommonly
tempestuous, even for this season OF the wear No
less than seven heavy gales contrived to keep the
sea In foment for eleven days OF the trip, and for
Two days the weather was so severe as to make
the question Of the yachts living through them
somewhat doubtful She behaved Splendidly,
however In all sorts OF weather, and proved her.
self one OF the Stanchest IL not one OF the fastest
vessels OF her type ahoat. With the exception OF
three torn sails and little broken tackle, every
when the anchor was dropped off Queenstown as
when it was raised OF Tompkinsvflle, staten
Island. 1t is thought that much quicker passage
might have been made had Capt. Crosby carried
| more sail. On several occasions when the wind
was light, but the sky threatening, he was very
The number OF persons on board the Coronet was
twentynne, including sixteen sailors, five officers,
| the steward, cook, mess boy, and five guests. The
officers We're: Capt. c. P. Crosby; navigator, T. b.
c. Anderson; mates w. A. whittier and otto Pc
tersen; boatswain, Augustus Bergholm.
Inc advantage gained by the Coronet at the
"a "a CO.. 6Qnp nf m
Ootn boat and skipper. 1t was the first time that
capt crosby had ever participated In yacht race
his handling OF the Coronet In crossing the start
! ing line.
GETTING OUT TO SEA.
Every possible stitch OF canvas was spread on
| the Coronet as she sped through the Narrows at
the rate of 13 miles an hour surrounded by tugs,
steamers and SteamyachtS. Once or twice when
under the lee OF the highland, it seemed as though
her opponent was gaining her lost ground rapia,
the DauntleSS further aStern than at the start.
The tortuous swash channel having been followed
to the ocean, the Sandy Hook lighthouse bore west
by SOUTH and the open sea portion OF the trip be-
gan. The course laid was east by south. When
! the excursion boat Bay Ridge, which was the only
one OF the feet OF steamers to accompany the
racing yachts as far as Sandy Hook lightship
turned back at about 3: 40 p. the relative posi-
| as when they passed through the Narrows
| wind was now greatly increasing, heavy
sky sails and topsaiis on both boats taken in
about the same moment. Then the DauntleSS
dropped astern rapidly, and at 1ise O'Clock was Vas
hull down six miles away. She had changed her
course to SOuth-sOutheast and just before dark
ness set in only her tOpmasts were visible. The
first Sunday was marked, as were seven of the ten
succeeding days, by gale, which came from the
| northeast soon after midnight. Although fairly
| moderate it was accompanied by strong head
sea, which made the yacht labor heavily. The
| waves frequently broke over the bow, but she
rode it out well under fore and main
| the course throughout. Thus early were the sea-
going qualities OF the CorOnet tried. She proved
herself bouyant as cork, and. recovering quickly
heavy cargo OF water on her decks, she would
meet and mount the next wave
AS EASILY AND GRACEFULLY AS A SWAN.
On the second day out the wind was so light.
puf1y and caprictous that it required almost con-
tinual changing of sails and hauling OF sheets.
The sea continued turbulent, and the yacht at
times rolled so violently as to threaten the sta
binty Of the spars. The pressure OF the WIND
gan steady, and when 1t appeared. probably early
In the morning, that the swaying OF the gan
would carry away the masthead the mainSafl was
replaced by the storm trysaiL It was now that
the immense square sail did good service, for when
spread to counter balance the deficiency OF cam
aStern it carried the yacht along much faster
lighted her much by the head, and prevented her
taking such quantities of water on deck as when
to w1ndward. It was. however, found to be Inn
practicable in heavy beam sea, owing to its JAM
ming the saddle at the fOremaSt, and 1t was un-
shipped.
IN AN UGLY CROSS SEA.
Early on Tuesday morning a wind rose from the
Northeast, and by daylight 1t blew gale. The
canvas was reduced to double reefed mainsail,
foreSat with the bonnet out, and reefed foreStay-
sail. The boat was bowling along at the rate OF
twelve knots, with dry deck, when, between and
O'Clock in the morning, the wind shifted TO
southsOutheast. blowing at the rate OF sixty miles
sea- the crests OF the waves breaking over the
rails in rapid succession and keeping the decks al
most constantly submerged.
TERRIFIC ST. PATRICKs DAY STORM.
The most terrific storm OF the series occurred on
st. Patricks day. 1t was not unexpected, for the
indicator on the barometer. whose tendency had
been downward for three days, suddenly dropped
from 1920 to 1854, The storm first developed
Southwark. with driving rain. The wind was Mt
full for time, coming varfOusly from south SOUTH
east to southwest and south, but finally settled
upon southwest. A10 a m. 1t began blowing with
great velocity, and by noon had become hurri-
cane, and two hours later the winds speed was
20 sEas an Se s
she sank In the trough OF the sea it seemed as If
the waves, which were half-mast high, would en-
plunged along by the wind at the rate Of nine
knots, and despite great volumes OF water
5ea6ng ysr the veil s the
the fury Of the hurricane seemed to be Increasing
instead of diminishing Capt. Crosby, fearful that
IL
driven through such q sea, and not being willing
to eopardize his own life and the lives OF those on
board by running at night, where 1t was reason
able to suppose there were cebergs decided to lay
to until the storm had ceased. favorable oppOr-
tunity Offering when the crests OF the waves were
mOmentarily exceptionally Tar apart, the vessels
in this position under only reefed fOretrySai she
could make little progress In any direction. At
midnight the wind and sea had moderated cOnS1d-
erably, and the schooner was again got under
way running before the wind under reefed foretry-
sail and forestaysail
AS the yacht had been driven further south than
the navigator had intended, and as beating to
Windward was impossible In such a strong wind
and heavy sea, Twas decided to keep her head up
to the wind and wait for breezes. The head wind
continued blowing necessarily until Wednesday
noon, when It gradually rounded to the north.
During that fOrty-eighG hours the yacht was
almost at standstill, averaging under two knots.
WELCOMING THE WINNER 10 IRELAND.
Mtzen Head, on the southwest coast OF Ireland,
was sighted at 6:27 on Sunday morning, and at
7:4O Fastnet light bore north northwest, miles
away The yacht was then bowling along under
all light sails, at the rate OF II knots hour The
weather was clear and warm. At 1857 Galley Head
was abeam, and then the Cork ptlot-b0at Colum-
At 1905, when the yacht was abreast OF Seven
Heads Pilot Robert Welsh came on board with
news that the Coronet was first to arrive. Along
the coast and into the harbOr of vessels Of
all sorts were passed. All dipped their ensigns to
the winner and the crews OF all cheered. At 80
the Coronet's anchor was dropped on the Cork